Belle Isle (Wakefield): what to know before moving day
Belle Isle Avenue and Belle Isle Drive carry the name, and close by are short named rows such as Acme Terrace, Abbott Terrace and Emblem Terrace, with Kimberley Street, Pretoria Street, Woodcock Street and Welbeck Street. Manygates Lane, Manygates Park and Manygates Court are close by, and so is Portobello Road.
Belle Isle Health Park and the Belle Isle Pharmacy are the landmarks with the area's name on them, and Sugar Lane Cemetery and the Manygates Education Centre are nearby. The River Calder, the Calder and Hebble Navigation and the Waterfront are all within a kilometre on the map. On a terrace, measure the front door and stairs before booking a large sofa or wardrobe.
How the van gets to Belle Isle (Wakefield)
Barnsley Road, the A61, runs through Belle Isle between the river crossing and Sandal. From Bradford the van comes into Wakefield by the A650 or the M1 and crosses the Calder on the A61; Doncaster Road (A638) is the other main road close by, on the Belle Vue side.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 35 to 45 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Belle Isle (Wakefield)
Each service below links to its Wakefield page, which covers how the job works in and around Wakefield.
Belle Isle (Wakefield): questions before you book
Is Belle Isle the same as Belle Vue?
No, they are neighbouring areas. Belle Isle is on Barnsley Road in the Wakefield East ward; Belle Vue, with the rugby ground, is on Doncaster Road and is counted in Wakefield South. Both are WF1, so the street name matters more than the area name.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF1 5PT is in Wakefield East ward, Wakefield, unparished area
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF1 5HZ in neighbouring Belle Vue is in Wakefield South ward
- OpenStreetMap data (API extract around Belle Isle): Barnsley Road A61, Doncaster Road A638, Belle Isle Avenue and Drive, Acme Terrace, Abbott Terrace, Emblem Terrace, Kimberley Street, Pretoria Street, Woodcock Street, Welbeck Street, Manygates Lane, Park and Court, Portobello Road, Belle Isle Health Park, Belle Isle Pharmacy, Sugar Lane Cemetery, Manygates Education Centre, River Calder, Calder and Hebble Navigation, Waterfront Wakefield
- Belle Vue (Wikipedia): the Wakefield Trinity ground on the A638 Doncaster Road, a mile south of the city centre
- A638 road (Wikipedia): Doncaster Road meets Barnsley Road (A61) from the south, then crosses the River Calder near the Chantry Chapel
- A650 road (Wikipedia): the main road from Bradford via Drighlington and Tingley to M1 junction 41 and into Wakefield city centre
- M1 motorway (Wikipedia): passes Wakefield, with junction 42 at the interchange with the M62